[Milsurplus] [Army-Radios] Unid radio in Vietnam photo

[William Strangfeld]


There’s a caption on the photo:

“2nd Battalion 4th Marine Regiment establish communication base Operation Starlite”

A search says Operation Starlite was in August, 1965. There are videos on YouTube about Starlite.

Bill W8FIX

On Jun 26, 2024, at 12:05 PM, Tim N6CC <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:


Thanks Kevin - an interesting pic... Pretty sure the guy in the center foreground is using a PRC-10 with the 10' whip.  The Fat antenna is very likely on a PRC-41 UHF set.  Maybe some kind of HF set with the whip sections bundled together like a 74.  But with the H-34 in the photo it sets the photo date pretty early - maybe before the PRC-74 showed up in theater...
The guy on the left looks to be carrying an M-14 rifle.
Long ago and far away....
Tim
N6CC


On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 5:34 AM KIBBE via groups.io<http://groups.io> <kbkibbe=gmail.com at groups.io<mailto:gmail.com at groups.io>> wrote:
Here is a much better photo.

[2nd-Battalion-4th-Marine-Regiment-establish-communications-base-Operation-Starlite-VIEP-summer-2023-1024x680.jpg]
Kevin
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 7:46 PM Hue Miller via groups.io<http://groups.io> <kargo_cult=msn.com at groups.io<mailto:msn.com at groups.io>> wrote:
I am posting a photo from an article in ‘Vietnam’ magazine, Summer 2023, p54. The radio just to left of the chopper nose, what is it?
The antenna is “fatter” than a PRC-25 antenna, isn’t it? Couldn’t be something like an MAY, could it?

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